ah ah ah, south africa won't be pushed around the country's top diplomat. response to the u. s. secretary of state as a try to convince britt doria to sever ties with russia and china. this fear that we exist under some push is i think that totally a i'm founder and as the u. s. excuses israeli attacks on bars as self defense. we look at how western countries turn a blind eye to palestinian victim bend over backwards when it comes to the conflict in ukraine. pro, fee of social media shares

a video that appears to show ukranian troops dropping a bomb on russian soldiers as a retrieval body from the battlefield. a election posters, diplomacy change every way that many persons complain. it's the usual empty promises from those vying for the top office. dogs an economy game changer r t report from kenya were pulls open in a hotly contested race for the presidency with hopes penned under solution to the country's financial crisis. ah, good morning from moscow to the world. welcome to our to international news. i'm fiorella is about this hour's top news stories from around the globe. happy to have you join us. south africa won't be pushed around that. according to the country's foreign affairs minister,

after the u. s. secretary of state tries to convince britt doria to sever ties with russia and china. instead, south africa's top diplomat raises concerns that those who are using the countries natural resources are destabilizing the region. this fear that we exist under some push is i think, a totally a rear, unfounded. a belief in of the relationship that we have with eva country is also a concern about countries that have mineral interests in african countries, another as a destabilizing force. so i think we need to look at the full plethora of problems that give rise to insecurity. bad governance and the absence of democracy on the african continent is not a one country problem that has anthony blanc and travels through but toria with a speech on new policies for african countries. while washington seeks to contain

russian and chinese influence in the region, during the tripling, can blame the food crisis in africa on the war and ukraine, and called for a stronger partnership with the continent to deal with it. we've seen the repercussions of rushes worn ukraine, which are felt across the planet. and especially across africa in rising food and energy prices. what we see most of all is a true partnership between the united states and africa. we don't want an imbalance or transactional relationship. and our commitment to a stronger partnership with africa is not about trying to out. do anyone else this'll buy is a tear. it was to we a young and i forgot from china. so united was a rash job in china. me to where to protest,

i should have africa coinciding with the visit, the white house released as a document detailing it's new strategy towards sub saharan regions. the plan promotes us involvement in african nations policies, including issues such as pandemic, climate change, and food insecurity. and while blake and says the u. s. won't tell africa how to behave. it also shows washington, not happy with the continence ties with russia and china. the people's republic of china by contrast, sees the region as an important arena to challenge the rules based international order. and we can us relations with african peoples and governments. russia use the region as a permissive environment for paras, stables, and private military companies, often fermenting instability for strategic and financial benefit. u. s. accusations, however, don't prevent deepening ties as china is now south africa's biggest trading partner moscow's trade with the country. it is also on the rise with monthly exports from

russia, this january growing more than 4 times compared to january of last year. and while the u. s. is still trying to convince the reason that russia and china are the rule of all troubles. the african public seems to find more faith in ties with bricks, countries than the west. i think i'm more african countries. same carries to be by 2 of the greeks. you can see vicky feel of machine so love rica. i'm shoe ice also . spinoffs, rural mom. joining that clap, you have such developed countries now like your, your china shows. jan could assist other countries in terms of having to achieve the same living off of infrastructure economy the, to the, in, at this point in time, america has been playing with us for a long time. just now time for, for bricks to grow. and it's the strategy washington also sites a. * long and proud history of supporting africa. however, jo altman,

host of the conservative daily podcast says it's the u. s. who holds responsibility for destabilizing the continent. i don't think the u. s. has ever respected the sovereignty of other nations. and when they talk about the stabilization, they can look no further than themselves. and the sad part about with the us says it's just a bunch of rhetoric and look, i'm, i'm an american and i'm proud to be an american. but the apparatus within the us government has long been a d, stabilizing force and almost putting at, you know, african a place where they can't grow, they can't excel at the same rate, that other countries across the world are growing. and that has a lot more to do with their natural resources and how they can get access to those resources. so no, i don't believe they respect the sovereignty of any decision that they make. and i am actually fearful that it's going to become a tug of war and the people of those african natives. 54 nations are the ones that are going to suffer and the african nation. firstly, south africa does not trust the united states. many nations don't trust united states, i don't think anything united states does right now will be seen as anything other

than a grand standing and making empty promises that they will near into the future not be able to deliver. we're committed and now to garza, we're at least $44.00 people have been killed and hundreds of wound dead after 3 days of israeli bombing. air strikes have rabbits, residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure. here are some of the latest footage from the seen room with a fragile ceasefire between israel and the palestinian islamic jihad melton group reportedly held through monday as hospitals in gaza. struggle to treat the many civilians injure during the weekend of hostilities. palestinian officials say some

650 buildings were damaged before a truce came into effect on sunday. at the height of the tensions palestinian militants. an israeli armed forces a change rocket garages, and air strikes. as garza again reels from devastation, the un security council has held an emergency meeting to discuss the 10th situation on the ground. the events saw the palestinian observer call for more global attention to the humanitarian situation and gaza. while israel gained support from washington after it accused palestinian islamic jihad group of targeting civilians . there is no room for falls narratives. the fact are clear, the palestinian islamic jihad deliberately fired 1100 rockets at these railey civilians, with roughly 200 lending inside the gaza strip, killing innocent palestinians,

and among them young children. this is not an assessment. this is the hard truth. and israel has all the proof, we fully support israel's right to defend his people against terrorist threats, including from rocket fire, aimed at civilians or without regard to them. and while the u. s. ambassador to the un justifies israel's bombing of gaza as self defense artes. rachel evans investigates accusations of double standards when it comes to western officials, views on conflicts in other countries. 3 days of clashes between israel and the palestinian militant group included a number of what israel called preemptive air strikes on gaza, which left at least 40 for palestinians, dead including 15 children and more than $300.00 wounded. yet despite the photos and videos that were shared across social media, which showed israel clearly targeting heavily populated residential areas,

there was virtually no outrage from the west. in fact, president biden has praised the money the u. s. spent on the iron dome system and says that it saved countless lives in israel, and he is not the only one turning a blind eye to the collateral damage in gaza. we absolutely fully support israel's right to defend itself against terrorist groups that are taking the lives of innocent civilians in israel. the u. k. stands by israel and it's right to defend itself. we condemn terrorist groups firing it civilians and violence which has resulted in casualties on both sides. we call for a swift end to the violence. france condemns the firing of rockets into israeli territory and reiterates its unconditional commitment to the security of israel. the focus was mainly on israel's right to defend itself with no questions asked as to why dozens of palestinian civilians were being killed while the israeli death toll remains at 0. it's clearly a very different approach than the one western leaders of taken. and in recent

months, where they mourned every ukrainian casualty that was reported and used it to condemn what they called the russian brutality, the u. k. stones, united in condemning rushes reprehensible behavior. there were no shades of gray in this conflict. it is about right and wrong. we can't become them to this. we can't normalize this. this is the reality. what's going on every single day, as long as russia's brutality against ukraine continues. that's why it needs to come to an end. she's not gonna do it. this international justice must prevail. those who committed these crimes will have to answer for them. and speaking of concern over civilians being killed, those western officials were nowhere to be found when ukraine and it's all true. nationalist killed thousands and don bass over the last 8 years. not only are the tears reserved for certain cases, but so is the selective terminology west tends to use in their eyes, ukrainians,

or heroes, whoever, right, to force their will over regions that have declared their independence. but it's the palestinians who are labeled as terrorist, even as some of them live under an internationally recognized israeli occupation. and the have bloggers, he is plain to see as headlines that praised ukrainian defenders now condemned palestinian militants, our gun, but defiant, ukrainian twin cities defenders ready for russian attack. palestinian militants, fire rockets at israel after gaz, airstrikes. and that's not the only double standard. the west seems to have president biden spoke out on sunday, saying he welcome the news of a cease fire and gaza, well refusing to condemn his as rally allies for the killing of civilians. however, the u. s. continues to refuse to encourage ukraine to negotiate a truce with russia. in fact, anyone who dares to try and do so has been met with allegations that they must be

pro russian if they are advocating for peace and ukraine. that includes former u. k. labor party leader, jeremy corbett, oregon holmes in isn't going to bring about a solution. it's only going to prolong so true. this will. why? 5, disappointing years. but a hobby, any of the world's leaders usa would police and he's not the only one. former german chancellor, gerard schroeder, hungarian president, victor, oregon, and even henry kissinger had made similar statements. and they have all been accused of being kremlin apologise. and that ukraine appears to be the only place where the west is not allowed to mention peace. and yes, that's including the conflict between kosovo in serbia, where the iep was quick to set up talks or the taiwan strait, where the g 7 immediately called for stability in response to rising tensions between beijing and washington instead of urging for peace, ukraine gets even more war as the binding ministration has approved another

$1000000000.00 and lethal aid, which is notably one of its largest packages so far and a parent reminder that nations are only allowed to defend themselves when the u. s . as they can, just as they are only allowed to pursue peace with their neighbor if washington is on board with the plan. meanwhile, in africa, all eyes are on the canyon elections where poles have just opened. as voters in one of the continents largest economies, choose a new president to bring a highly contested race to a close policy, clear reports from the ground. a medical polling station in kenya around pointed to 1000000 people are eligible to vote in these elections with the issues protection on poverty, unemployment, and collection of amenities. and that's the way that when these a, these addiction, one, the economy to test the speedy for, you know, accounting. secondly,

we have one for this a let's you him to have in mind that day it pretty quickly we are lacking with our country has been affected possibly by this a drug called corruption for up. sean is what us kill this country because you see we have a laurel who my, i lot of natural resources in this country. but because the of it corruption anti bully is a plan where more than a 1000000 people survive on a dollar a day election posters, diplomacy change every way that many voters complain it's the usual empty promises from those vying for the top office. so who are the main faces in this race? often we submit and makes coding. the latest figures gave rayna, i think the leader of the opposition a clear lead. this is his 2nd bid for the presidency, and he's supported by the outgoing plays in or who can yet opposing him is william

wooten, who appeals to the masses of frustration. young people, most of them who just want to get ahead. he trades on his wags to wix a story that he once sold chickens on the side of the road and is to day one of the wealthiest men in the country. but it's not going to be as easy for the new president to solve the issues. now will be, for example, is the largest and most important financial business and consultation had in east africa with most of the trade destined for western countries. who had here marketing, not only as a vital trading continent, but also a source of stability in a volatile region. the race comes at an anxious time with the conflicts in ukraine pandemic. the worst drought kenya has placed in for 2 years and the waste looking in the background. we will see how the new president deals with all this on his

shoulders. policy a r t, nairobi kenya. fresh footage apparently showing kev's troops dropping a bomb on russian soldiers is spreading on pro ukrainian social media accounts. a warning you might find the falling image is disturbing. this verified video appears to show the group moving into a retrieve. what appears to be a body from the battlefield. a bomb is then dropped directly onto them from a drone. the soldiers are seen scattering from the effects of the wise, and it's not clear if any of them were killed, fish journalists, genuine, put coban, who reports from the don. bast will, does that such military actions are aimed at provoking a tough response from russia. and what we see here, and what we have witnessed for 8 years, a series of locations against the russian population. and of course, these kind of events, they are new for roches, but they are not new here for us,

for people who don't list and where we are, we have faith, all kind of pro cation, but this video was absolutely brutal, absolutely discussing. and, and of course, the game all was all moral and ethics. what can be, what we see here, what we have weakness here from the february that the, the russia is doing a very careful sticks, rary. oh, leave the opperation with limited goals and the other side is waging a cultural war against russian population in russian communities. what they want these the roches oh to don't was. troops will re page such kind of trust and, and that is what they always so that they got everything again, upside down. meanwhile, ukrainian troops continued to intensively, shall the dying asked people's republics civil infrastructure. a recent video showing a furniture factory engulfed in flames following the attacks. according to local

authorities, ukraine fired nearly 400 sales on monday, leaving 4 people dead and 14 others wounded. on the don yes, front lines as russian led forces advanced towards the central city of ogle, adar in the republic. our teeth collect algebra reports from their foreign positions. holly anne with the giant gordon. we are now traveling in the direction of oglethorpe. this crowd missile defense system is ready to hit ukrainian positions in this direction after russian forces advanced into several strategically important areas you have elected. yeah, i said, but on the he couldn't walk to him for mean on you had done officer be the blanket calculations of being carried out and precious time is being spent on delivering targets. it strikes against the ukrainian forces, which it continuously shelling the don versus laura to get a book on we'll get the horrible resorts in the arly gets in. the group is moving

at high speed to complete the task before the location of the ground batteries discovered by ukrainian national forces. more money on the battery is firing at the positions of the armed forces of ukraine, and she quickly changed their location so as not to become a target of enemy forces somebody home on wilma, to god. that while the forces of the dpr in the russian federation, moving towards oglethorpe, graph missiles are firing it ukrainian positions located in this direction. the force of the dpr in russian federation and the city of pesky are moving further west storming to the fence of the armed forces of ukraine in the direction of oglethorpe, in order to liberate the entire territory of the dpr in dumbass in the near future . while germany says it stands by its ancient policy against russia, more and more ease citizens are shifting blame to their governments for the mountain energy prices, amid fears of a cold winter. their concerns are shared by populous parties in europe,

which openly blame you leaders for a lack of gas supplies. kimmy could burn, seaboard can got me. oh, well that's on deck. the answer, younger guys. okay. yeah. what made a bit of just watch movies. thank asked me about for the yeah, only began with okay, now what it was you reason it is hold. well before you call me, sorry, i wasn't home the letters, you thought mafia, she was off in cbm say a common very minute break. i'll treat them as all scary to that see for the mags group are out there was long it is gospel. just a little worried about. think about people. garza comes out of good, the american fort forswear. i'll skip agency. western official, the media are increasingly framing the negative impact of western sanctions on western economies as the fault of russian president vladimir putin. cnbc says that putin's new gas squeeze condemned europe to recession and a hard winter of rationing, for example. but it's not putin's gas squeeze,

it's exactly what the european union asked for. remember that they said they wanted to move away from fossil fuels towards renewables anyway, and this was just an excuse to expedite that was only after that they realized that their green fantasies, we're not going to replace russian gas and what's so insane. they can reverse course on all of this at any time. they can take their boots off their oh next, and fire up to nordstrom to pipeline. for example, this just sitting there collecting dust under american sanctions. now, various officials have pointed out that the sanctions are really only hurting europeans rather than the russian economy that they were meant to target. but rather than reverse the harm that they're doing to themselves, european officials are now doubling down on trying to convince their own citizens that if they're dragged into dire straits, well, it's vladimir putins fault. the wall street journal published an odd ed recently referring to the cutting off its own energy supply as rushes energy war and even

arguing that the objective is to quote, promote social turmoil and empower populace parties. but the actual justification for the you imposing the gas shortage on itself was to help ukraine. so there are some pulling out by european sources, suggesting that not all you citizens of member states are buying the spin with almost as many blaming their own governments for the rising energy prices as they do russia. and in poland, greece and spain citizens blamed their own government far more than they do russia . now the 2nd is a rasmussen survey that found just 11 percent of americans blame russia for the energy price hikes in the u. s. compared to 52 percent. who think it's the fault of president joe biden's policies biding calling it pollutants price hike? or putin's tax on gas and food has he's been doing, didn't full to many people. but in the u. leadership seems to be hoping that europeans can be pools. so they can shift the blame for their own incompetence onto

a convenient scapegoat and avoid accountability for any events will follow to some news. in brief, now in bangladesh, hundreds of people have rallied against the government. failure to curb record high gas prices. prices up recently risen by over 50 percent causing demonstrators to surround fuel stations demanding that government measures be reversed. meanwhile in cuba, yet another tank of crude oil has caught fire at a large oil storage facility in the countries western part of my dance us. the blades follows to other incidents that saw tankers go up in flames and collapse over the weekend. the fires come as the country faces acute energy shortages with blackouts scheduled for the capitol, havana over to china, now we're beijing's forces. i've extended military drills near taiwan and a further response to us senator nancy pelosi visit. china's military says the

exercises will continue with a focus on anti submarine, an air to ship strikes and that speaker and that concludes this hour's top news stories worldwide. for more news stories check us out on r t dot com and odyssey. and of course, don't forget to follow up on her and, and surround for more up to the minute contact. bye for now. ah .

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institute for strategic studies. professor in bar, one of the proposed gold rush and military operation in ukraine. he's the so called to see cation and i have to say that when i 1st heard this term, it sounded very odd and artificial. i think it was the russians because a couple of weeks to even learn how to pronounce it without stumbling. having said that, do you think now the old fashion has ever been a problem in more than day ukraine? a modern day. remember who i did with the nazis. but i do, i do not know enough about the politics. so claim today to be able to respond to it. i must say that, you know, this sentences sounds very strange toward

the western ears. and he even here, and it's where we have, you know, allowed to population a i think, you know, if i would have to advise mr. put in, i, i would advise him to use a different sentence to justify his the will. now can i brought in this out towards the issue on now says because i think the ip address on, on 2 pillars, one these i, you know, exceptional or secret nature of any given. and the 2nd i thing is the, this issue of the, of the end of history that history has some predetermined more. and as we know, people are, was trying to bring that about. is that a concept that is being reliable, not only.